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From BrewDog investors to the five rising stars of Scotland's tech scene, 20 women to watch, well-known firms going into liquidation and our prestigious Insider awards ceremonies and conferences, here is an extensive look at the highlights of our first 12 months

Insider.co.uk is launched on March 13 - with editor Ken Symon promising to "shake up the business media landscape by bringing you live business news throughout the day".

He says: "At a time when vitally important national and international economic and political developments are rolled out every day there has never been a greater need for business leaders to be informed."

We told how the Rangers chairman could be facing a bill of up to £13.9m after a ruling from the Takeover Appeal Board on how he took over the Ibrox club.

It all hinged on claims he led a concert party to assume control of Rangers International Football Club Plc (RIFC).

King and the three others denied they acted in concert. King said in a statement: “I do not agree with TAB’s much delayed ruling nor follow its logic and I shall take the appropriate time to reflect upon it and consider the best course of action for myself, RIFC and its shareholders.

March 28 2017 Banks that are now bars

The Corinthian Club was once home to the Glasgow and Ship Bank

The face of the High Street is ever changing - as bank branches close and retail giants face up to cutting back on their store estate.

But it's nothing new - as this early feature by Kristy Dorsey points out.

Many splendid buildings which were previously grand HQs for some of the country's best-known banks have been transformed into swish wine bars and fancy pubs.

April 18 2017 Theresa May calls snap General Election

Just over a month since insider.co.uk and the business community was left stunned when Theresa May gambled on her UK Government's supposed position of strength and the 'weakness' of Labour's Jeremy Corbyn to call for an election.

At first looking for a sizeable majority to give her a position of strength in forthcoming Brexit negotiations, her lead quickly evaporated as Corbyn enjoyed a campaign revival.

April 20 2017 Insider's second Made In Scotland Awards

Scotland's best innovators were celebrated at Insider's second Made In Scotland awards - and the first event covered since the new site launched.

Among the winners at the event, sponsored by Advanced Forming Research Centre, were M Squared which scooped Engineering Company of the Year and Exporter of the Year, while Inventor of the Year was Vert Rotors.

May 4 2017 The saga of the court case involving Fred Goodwin that ended up never happening

Long-awaited court cases were the thing in 2017 as RBS were to take the stand for their misdoings during the financial crisis.

The case was a £700m lawsuit brought against the bank by 9,000 retail investors and 18 institutions in the RBS Shareholder Action Group.

The legal action centred on a rights issue overseen by disgraced former RBS chief executive Fred Goodwin in April 2008 when RBS asked existing shareholders to pump £12bn into the bank after leading a consortium that spent £49bn on Dutch bank ABN Amro.

Due to take centre stage was Goodwin whose long and winding road to court was documented exclusively for insider.co.uk by Ian Fraser.

Fraser, who wrote a best-selling book on the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland, looked at the battle to force former bank bosses to appear in court.

June 8 Virgin Money's Jayne-Anne Gadhia on sexism, racism and mental health discrimination in the world of business

Jayne-Anne Gadhia, Virgin Money

Following the release of her book Virgin Banker, Jayne-Anne Gadhia met Kristy Dorsey at the plush Virgin Money Lounge in Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square for a no-holds-barred chat about her life in the fast financial lane.

As one of the very few women to make it to the top in banking, she gave a revealing insight into a number of pernicious problems within the world of business, and finance in particular.

June 11 2017 20 women to watch in business

Insider compiles the most up-to-date and extensive list of women high-flyers in a wide variety of sectors - from the world's most efficient wind turbine blade to award-winning home brew beer, easing modern tech users' muscle problems to designing apps to solve global unemployment.

July 7 2017 Why Celtic, Scotland's biggest club financially, still generates less income than any club in the EPL, says Kieran MaGuire

Following on from the Football Finance Index results, Insider was keen to get a comparison between the financial state of the Scottish and English leagues.

We enlisted the help of award-winning lecturer in accountancy from the University of Liverpool, Kieran MaGuire, to lift the lid on just how far behind the game north of the border was compared to down south.

August 1 2017 Fred Goodwin, the now disgraced former RBS chief executive in his own words

Fred Goodwin in 2001, a year after RBS acquired NatWest

The last insider.co.uk Blast from the Past was a classic.

We took the time machine back to Alastair Northrop's exclusive interview with Fred Goodwin - very much a banking star at the time before his well-publicised financial crisis downfall after take payers had to bail out cash-crippled RBS.

September 8 2017 Lorne Crerar's Letter To My Younger Self

Lorne Crerar

It's a popular part of Insider's staple diet - the Letter To My Younger Self.

One of the best in the past 12 months was from Professor Lorne Crerar, chairman of Harper MacLeod.

He started off by saying: You’re not going to make it as a rugby player. I know you had your heart set on it, but before you get too downhearted here is the good news – you’ll still have a part to play in international rugby, World Cup finals and even the Olympics, if you can believe that? It just won’t be on the field of play."

September 15 2017 The joy of Business Fives

Last year saw Insider start its relationship with Business Fives, a competition for five-a-side football-loving businesses in Scotland.

Run by John McClarey, it has a summer and winter season which sees firms submit teams to play in a series of heats, divided along sectors such as construction, housing and property and financial services.

Its popularity has seen it expand from its established Edinburgh and Glasgow heats to take in Aberdeen and Dundee.

October 13 Insider Scotland's Best Employer Awards

The night saw fish processor Farne Salmon & Trout land the top prize of Employer of the Year.

There were a host of other worthy winners - and the event welcomed back television and radio personality Des Clark as its host, who kept the crowd entertained through the evening with his own unique view on what it means to be Scottish.

October 23 Meet the footballer shooting for success in a business suit

It turned out Russell Anderson wasn't the only footballer - and former Aberdeen star - aiming for success in the world of business.

Colin Donald met Lee Mair, who also previously played for St Mirren, both Dundee and Dundee Utd, Partick Thistle and Stockport County, finishing his career at Stranraer.

He now works in sales for the Glasgow-based Exsel Group , an IT and communications company.

And he also admitted being turned down by BBC's The Apprentice, of all things. They didn't know what they were missing...

October 27 2017 Pedro Caixinha's Rangers spell in numbers

Pedro Caixinha's reign was the shortest in Rangers history

It was a traumatic month on the field for Rangers as a series of poor results and bust-ups between established first team players and boss Pedro Caixinha led to the Ibrox hierarchy calling time on the short tenure of their Portuguese manager.

But was his reign really as bad as his sacking suggested? Euan Strathearn crunched the stats and here is what he found.

November 1 2017 West of Scotland Heavy Haulage Ltd goes bust with loss of 21 jobs

West of Scotland Heavy Haulage went into administration at the beginning of November

Specialist freight hauler West of Scotland Heavy Haulage Ltd and its trading company West of Scotland Storage Ltd entered administration with the loss of 21 jobs.

It was a move that shook the local community, it has since came to light that the former boss of the company is reported to be under investigation for fraud.

November 3 2017 Lakesmere Group has 'collapsed into administration' putting hundreds of jobs at risk

Cladding was thrust into the news, as said above, with the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Months later, cladding giant Lakesmere Group - with a base in Glasgow - collapsed into administration putting hundreds of UK jobs at risk.

Sales and estimating roles were among those earmarked to go.

In June, cladding installed by Lakesmere on an Edinburgh Napier University halls of residence was removed after it was found to be a similar type which went on fire at Grenfell.

November 30 2017 Insider's inaugural SME Conference

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Be your own zookeeper. Talk to the animals. No, Insider hadn't gone all anthropological. Instead guests at our very first SME Conference at The Studio in Glasgow heard from keynote speaker Nigel Risner.

He brought his own unique style - and animal hats - to the special day to help SMEs with a host of issues that could help them grow their brands and reach the next level of success.

Also among the speakers was former Head of Digital Marketing for Microsoft Allister Frost, FSB Head of Devolved Nations Colin Borland and the Strathclyde Business School Panel.

December 18 2017 Cameron House closed after fire rips through hotel

Emergency services are continuing to investigate the cause of the Cameron House Hotel fire (Image: PA)

Insider told how the popular five-star luxury hotel and spa in Loch Lomond suffered extensive damage when a fire ripped through five-star hotel Cameron House, leaving two people dead.

More than 200 guests had to be evacuated from the hotel after crews were called to the hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond at around 6.40am on Monday.

Now nearly three months on the hotel's main building, the leisure club and the dining areas are still closed as the investigation continues.

A message on its website says: "We would kindly ask all our guests and customers to bear with us as we work closely with the Fire Service and Police Scotland to establish the extent of the damage and to ascertain when we will be able to reopen."

December 18 2017 The Apprentice final by our special guest reviewer

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Love it or loathe it, The Apprentice hit the mark for Insider.

We covered every episode of the 13th series of the BBC reality TV smash with reviews from guest writers including the FSB's Colin Borland, Lisa Thomson of Purpose HR, Danny McIntyre of Primestaff and Paula Skinner of Harper Macleod.

But it was Entrepreneurial Scotland's Sandy Kennedy to had the honour of providing his take on the grand final - which caused a fresh Lord Sugar storm.

January 11 2018 Why Clydeside Distillery is putting whisky back on the Glasgow map

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The end of 2017 saw the historic return of whisky to the banks of the Clyde with the opening of the Clydeside Distillery.

And it was certainly an affair of the heart as well as the head for its chairman Tim Morrison who was instrumental behind the return of Scotch to Glasgow.

Writing exclusively for Insider, he talked of his family's connections with Scotland's largest city and why the site of the distillery - sitting on the banks of the Clyde - held such deep personal connections for him.

January 12 2018 Scottish Business Insider Top500 Index

It's always a high point of the new year when Insider unveils its Top 500 index - revealing Scotland's leading company and the biggest movers and shakers on the domestic business scene.